Simple Symbols

July 1, 2011 3:56 AM

= ⇋ ½ ∞^* ℵ ∩ ∐ ℕ ∫ QED ? ☤ 4 3 ☯

More; + % ☽ ☉...

posted by twoleftfeet (19 comments total)

☃
posted by Rhaomi at 4:00 AM on July 1, 2011 [3 favorites]

ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔲𝔶𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰.
posted by dunkadunc at 4:00 AM on July 1, 2011 [3 favorites]

This unicode table is handy for finding interesting glyphs
posted by delmoi at 4:02 AM on July 1, 2011

It's fun, but not very well organized or cross-referenced. E.g., as an exercise, try to find "=".
posted by lodurr at 4:12 AM on July 1, 2011

E.g., as an exercise, try to find "=".

Or an invite to "+".
posted by maxwelton at 4:20 AM on July 1, 2011 [6 favorites]

There's some small irony that the font doesn't display correctly so I'm getting random letters and symbols rather than the ones he's talking about.

I'm curious as to what the selection criteria were. It ranges from the rather mundane (most of them--the explanation of blackboard bold only makes sense to someone who knows what blackboard bold is) to some good trivia (the Halmos box or vinculum).

I personally get a kick out of the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List. It tells you not only that a symbol exists, but that you can LaTeX is (clearly the most important question).
posted by hoyland at 4:20 AM on July 1, 2011 [2 favorites]

Symbols like ∃, ∆ and ∧are great character-savers for twitter and identi.ca.
posted by DU at 4:20 AM on July 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

Unicode hot or not?
posted by doublehappy at 4:38 AM on July 1, 2011 [3 favorites]

Man I love witch house.
posted by griphus at 4:55 AM on July 1, 2011 [1 favorite]


𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖑 -𝕮 -𝕸𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘=:𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑 -𝖕𝖊 '𝖞/𝕬-𝖅𝖆-𝖟/\𝕹{𝕸𝕬𝕿𝕳𝕰𝕸𝕬𝕿𝕴𝕮𝕬𝕷 𝕭𝕺𝕷𝕯 𝕱𝕽𝕬𝕶𝕿𝖀𝕽 𝕮𝕬𝕻𝕴𝕿𝕬𝕷 𝕬}-\𝕹{𝕸𝕬𝕿𝕳𝕰𝕸𝕬𝕿𝕴𝕮𝕬𝕷 𝕭𝕺𝕷𝕯 𝕱𝕽𝕬𝕶𝕿𝖀𝕽 𝕾𝕸𝕬𝕷𝕷 𝖅}/'

posted by zengargoyle at 5:49 AM on July 1, 2011

۩=nubbin
posted by clavdivs at 7:19 AM on July 1, 2011

Oh, goodie. Another nerd post that doesn't display correctly.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:11 AM on July 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

Þ ʓ ฒ
posted by mrgrimm at 10:40 AM on July 1, 2011

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posted by flabdablet at 10:55 AM on July 1, 2011 [5 favorites]

Oh, goodie. Another nerd post that doesn't display correctly.

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posted by mrgoat at 11:46 AM on July 1, 2011

There's a great site called Sixty Symbols featuring "curious and quirky videos describing the various symbols used in physics and astronomy", "starring" faculty members at Nottingham University in the UK.
posted by das1969 at 11:56 AM on July 1, 2011

unicode eye chart
posted by fredludd at 1:03 PM on July 1, 2011

Stop that cartoon cursing!
posted by SPrintF at 1:59 PM on July 1, 2011

If you grew up in Cleveland, and watch the /Big Chuck and Little John/ show, you might remember the Dr. Ben Crazy sketches.
posted by oonh at 9:09 PM on July 2, 2011